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Ministry of Communications
TRAI extends last date to receive comments/counter comments on Consultation Paper “Introduction of Calling Name Presentation  in Telecom Networks”
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India  had released a Consultation Paper on “Introduction of Calling Name Presentation  in Telecommunication Networks” on 29.11.2022. The last date for receiving written comments on the issues raised in the Consultation Paper from stakeholders was fixed as 27.12.2022 and for counter comments as 10.01.2023.
Keeping in view the requests of industry associations for extension of time for submission of comments, it has been decided to extend the last date for submission of written comments and counter comments upto17.01.2023 and 31.01.2023respectively.
The comments / counter comments may be sent to Shri Akhilesh Kumar Trivedi, Advisor , TRAI, preferably in electronic form on atadvmn@trai.gov.in. For any clarification/ information, Advisor  may be contacted at Telephone Number +91-11-23210481.
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Dr Jitendra Singh felicitates the students of ‘Kashmir Super 30’ initiative qualifying for JEE , 2017-18
The Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region , Prime Minister’s Office, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh felicitated the students from Jammu and Kashmir  who have qualified for the JEE , 2017-18, at a function organised here today.
These students belong to the ‘Kashmir Super 30’ initiative of Indian Army, training partner Petronet LNG Limited  and Centre for Social Responsibility and Leadership . The project aims to support the talented underprivileged students of the economically weaker sections of the State to achieve educational success by providing engineering entrance exam coaching. Total 50 students were enrolled under the project this year and in the result declared of JEE this year, 32 students have qualified the JEE Mains Exam, 2017-18. Out of these successful students, 7 students have cracked the JEE Advance test and made it to the prestigious IITs.
Dr Jitendra Singh congratulated the students and their mentors for their achievement. While interacting with the Minister, the students shared their experiences about their journey. The students thanked the Indian Army, Petronet LNG Limited  and Centre for Social Responsibility and Leadership , for supporting them in their efforts.
While addressing the students, Dr Jitendra Singh said that these students have set an example before others to follow. He complemented the Indian Army, PLL & CSRL, for their contribution in supporting these students. He appreciated the students for their hard work and focussed approach. He said that we have one of the best talents in the State. The Minister added that under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, various new schemes have been initiated which are youth-centric like Start-up India, Stand-up India and the youth of country are getting benefitted due to these schemes.
The Minister said that the students of remote and peripheral areas earlier were at disadvantage because of constraint of resources and lack of material available for studying. But now with the changing times and onset of latest technology, the information is easily available to them and there is no dearth of study material. This has helped the students from remote areas to achieve their goal in life, he added.
The Minister also advised the organisers to explore the possibility of expanding their noble initiative in other areas and fields, which will be of great help to the underprivileged sections of society. He also advised them to use latest technology like tele-education for giving lectures to the students studying in remote areas.
Brigadier A. Sridhar, Commander, 19 Artillery Brigade, Shri Rajesh Singh, Director , PLL and other officials were also present on the occasion.
Ministry of Defence
CHIEF OF THE AIR STAFF VISITS HEADQUARTERS CENTRAL AIR COMMAND
Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria PVSM AVSM VM ADC, Chief of the Air Staff  visited Headquarters, Central Air Command ,Prayagraj on 16 Sep 21 for its Annual Commanders’ Conference. The CAS was received by Air Marshal RJ Duckworth AVSM VSM, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief  CAC. A ceremonial Guard of Honour was presented to the CAS on arrival at the Command Headquarters.
In his address to the Commanders, the CAS emphasised the need for critical analysis to enhance operational preparedness, focus on maintenance practices and ensure robust physical and cyber security. He directed the Commanders to ensure that the readiness of all platforms, weapon systems and assets are kept at the highest level. CAS appreciated the role of CAC in the recent flood relief efforts and aid to civil administration.
The CAS urged the Commanders to continue their efforts in ensuring a safe operational flying environment and stressed on the need to augment the combat capability of IAF through innovation, self-reliance and indigenisation.
PIB Headquarters
COAST GUARD COMMANDER REGION  CALLS ON DEPUTY CM OF TAMIL NADU
Inspector General S Paramesh, PTM, TM Commander Coast Guard Region  paid a courtesy call to the Hon’ble Deputy Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam of Tamilnadu on 17 Sep 2019.
IG Coast Guard shared several facets of the service and apprised the Hon’ble Deputy Chief Minister with respect to various developments in the Area of Responsibility. Discussions were focused on strengthening the maritime domain of this coastal state. During interaction, the Hon’ble Deputy Chief Minister was assured that Indian Coast Guard would continue providing rescue and relief to the fishermen whenever they are in distress at sea.(
Ministry of Finance
DRI intercepts 2 passengers with illicit foreign currency worth Rs 3.7 crore at Mumbai International airport
Under Operation Cheque Shirts, using data analytics, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence developed specific intelligence on two passengers intending to smuggle foreign currency outside India. DRI officers intercepted these two passengers at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai, in the early hours of 26th November, 2021. They were scheduled to travel to Sharjah. Examination of their baggage yielded foreign currency in the form of US Dollars and Saudi Dirhams, valued at Rs 3.7 crore.
The foreign currency was found concealed deep in ingeniously designed false bottoms of the carry-on luggage. The mode and manner of concealment would have made the detection difficult in ordinary baggage scans.
The two intercepted passengers had no documents for the illicit possession or for legal export of the said foreign currency. The foreign currency recovered from these passengers has been seized in terms of Section 110 of the Customs Act, 1962. Further investigations in the matter are on.
Besides amounting to “smuggling” in terms of the Customs Act, illicit export of foreign currency provides a means for laundering proceeds of unlawful and criminal activities. Further, it also poses a grave threat to national economy and national security.
DRI maintains an active vigil and operational readiness to check the smuggling of foreign currency, gold, narcotics and other contraband goods into and out of India. This was the fourth such case of large foreign currency seizure at an international airport, in the last one and a half months.
Ministry of Education
Union HRD Minister launches MHRD AICTE COVID-19 Student Helpline Portal developed by AICTE in New Delhi
In view of the outbreak of COVID19 and National lockdown since March 25th, some students have been facing difficulties due to closure of colleges and hostels. Hence in order to provide help and support to such students, AICTE  has come out with a uniqueMHRD AICTE COVID-19 Student Helpline Portaltoaddress the issues.
The website with an URL https://helpline.aicte-india.org was launched by the Honorable Minister for Human Resource development Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal “Nishank” today in the presence of Prof. Anil Sahasrabudhe, Chairman, AICTE, Shri MP Poonia, Vice Chairman AICTE, Shri Buddha Chandrashekhar, Chief Coordinating Officer, AICTE and student interns Shivanshu and Akash of Graphic Era University who developed this portal in record time of one day.
Speaking on the occasion the Minister said that this portal is essentially to connect those who are willing to provide help with those who need help. The nature of support includes Accommodation, Food, on line Classes, Attendance, Examinations, Scholarships, Health, Transport, Harassment etc.
The Minister informed that more than 6500 colleges have already come forward to provide support at such a crucial juncture. Students in difficulty are encouraged to directly get connected with them through this portal. Shri Nishank also appreciated the efforts of the students who have created this unique platform.
He was delighted to know that many higher educational institutions are also coming forward to support the government by empowering healthcare services through their research. Prof. Anil Sahasrabudhe, Chairman AICTE also appealed to voluntary organizations, NGOs. Social organizations, philanthropists to come forward and render their support similar to the 6500 colleges.
Interested social organizations, NGOs, philanthropists please contactmay contact AICTE at: cconeat@aicte-india.org
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Prime Minister's Office
Telephone Conversation between PM and President of Srilanka
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi spoke on phone today with H.E. Gotabaya Rajapaksa, President of Sri Lanka, regarding the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and its likely health and economic impacts in the region.
Prime Minister assured the Sri Lankan President that India would continue to provide all possible support to Sri Lanka for mitigating the effects of the pandemic.
President Rajapaksa briefed PM on the steps being taken by his Government to restart economic activity. In this context, both leaders agreed on the need to accelerate Indian-assisted development projects in Sri Lanka. They also discussed the possibilities of promoting investments and value-addition in Sri Lanka by the Indian private sector.
Prime Minister conveyed his best wishes for the health and wellbeing of the Sri Lankan people.
Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
 2.0 aims to create water secure cities and 100% coverage of sewerage/ septage management in 500 AMRUT cities.
Government of India has launched Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation  2.0 on 1 October 2021. Pey Jal Survekshan in cities under AMRUT 2.0 is a challenge process to assess the compliance of service level benchmarks with respect to quality, quantity and coverage of water supply in the city. This will also assess the steps taken in reduction of Non Revenue Water through water clusters, rejuvenation of water bodies and skill development. In its first phase Pey Jal Survekshan will cover 500 cities selected under AMRUT.
NITI Aayog had conducted third party evaluation of Centrally Sponsored Schemes including AMRUT. As per the report of the evaluation, AMRUT scheme was assessed under the broad parameters such as relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability, impact and equity.
As per the assessment, performance of AMRUT on the parameters has been found satisfactory.
Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation  was launched in 500 cities on 25 June 2015, with an aim to provide universal coverage of water supply in 500 selected AMRUT cities and substantial improvement in sewerage coverage.
Recently, Government has launched Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation  2.0 on 1 October 2021 aimed to create water secure cities, providing universal coverage of water in all statutory towns and 100% coverage of sewerage/ septage management in 500 AMRUT cities. As regards sewerage/ septage management of other cities, they will be covered under Swachh Bharat Mission -Urban  2.0, launched on 01 October 2021.
This information was given by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Shri Kaushal Kishore, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
Prime Minister's Office
PM interacts with economists and experts on the theme “Economic Policy – The Road Ahead”
Groups make presentations on key economic themes
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today attended an interactive session with over 40 economists and other experts, organized by NITI Aayog, on the theme “Economic Policy – The Road Ahead.”
During the session, participants shared their views, in five distinct groups, on the economic themes of macro-economy and employment, agriculture and water resources, exports, education, and health.
In his intervention, the Prime Minister thanked various participants for their suggestions and observations, on various aspects of the economy.
The meeting was also attended by Union Ministers Shri Piyush Goyal and Shri Rao Inderjeet Singh. The Vice Chairman NITI Aayog Shri Rajiv Kumar, and senior officers from the Union Government and NITI Aayog were also present.
Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation
MALE MIGRATION TO URBAN AREAS
In the Periodic Labour Force Survey  conducted by National Sample Survey Office , Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation during July 2020 - June 2021, information on migration particulars of the household members were collected and the report titled 'Migration in India, 2020-21' was released. As per this report titled 'Migration in India, 2020-21' released by the Ministry, the percentage of male migrants across states  who migrated to urban areas by location of last usual place of residence in terms of rural areas is 53.7.
This information was given by the Minister of State  for the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Ministry of Planning and Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Rao Inderjit Singh in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
Department of Space
Brief writeup for Rashtriya Ekta Diwas-2022 celebrations @SAC
Rashtriya Ekta Diwas or National Unity Day is celebrated on 31 st October every year to mark the Birth Anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and to honour his contribution to India’s Independence and beyond, and most notably during the integration of the princely states in India.
This year SAC-ISROhave started the celebrations of National Unity Day to mark the 147th Birth Anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. Several activities and competitions were organized to observe the celebration of Rashtriya Ekta Diwas under ‘Azadika Amrit Mahotsav’ at Space Applications Centre this year. These include Nibandh Lekhan Pratiyogita, Ashubhashan Pratiyogita, Deshbhakti Geet Pratiyogita and theme walk for SAC & DECU employees during 13 th -19 th October.
The entire activities of Rashtriya Ekta Diwas celebrations this year will be concluded on 3rd November, 2022  with Prabhat Pheri / Pada Yatra, Marathon events from 07:15 am onwards starting from DOS Colony, Vastrapur. All SAC, DECU, CISF official alongwith young students of Kendriya Vidyalaya , SAC will be participating in this event. Dignitaries are highly expected to join the event to instill enthusiasm and awareness among the participants.
The route identified to conduct this event, is a stretch of 02 kms , starting from KV SAC inside DOS Colony, Vastrapurà taking left from Blind People Association till corner of GMDC groundà then again taking left and staying on the same road till Havelli Mandir à then taking left again towards Ganpati Temple and finally coming back to KV SAC inside DOS Colony, Vastrapur.
On completion of this Prabhat Pheri / Pada Yatra & Marathon events, formal function is organised at Assembly Hall of Kendriya Vidyalaya, SAC where arrangements will be made to pay floral tribute and garland to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel portrait followed by National Unity Day Pledge and then the felicitation of prize winners of various competitions held under Rashtriya Ekta Diwas is to be organised. Let us all make this event a HUGE SUCCESS one more time.
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Ministry of Micro,Small & Medium Enterprises
Gadkari calls for enhanced international investment in Infrastructure and MSME sector
Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways and MSMEs Shri Nitin Gadkari has called for increased investment by international institutions and bodies in the Indian Highways and MSME sectors. He said, automobile and MSME are the two growth engines of Indian economy.
Addressing the Indo-Australian Chamber of Commerce and Womennovator on Trade Investment and collaborations in Road infrastructure and MSMEs today, the Minister said, India and Australia are already co-operating in the road safety sector. He said, this cooperation has provided better designs for roads and awareness opportunities for the public. Under Indian Road Safety Assessment Programme 21000 km roads have been assessed and about 3000 km road length is under technological upgradation. He said, better road engineering and increased public awareness has brought about improvement. It is estimated, he added, that these upgradationprogrammes will bring about 50 per cent reduction in Road accidents. Shri Gadkari informed that our objective is to set out to achieve zero road fatalities by 2030.
Shri Gadkari informed that his Ministry has taken lot of initiatives to reduce road accidents. World Bank and ADB have committed Rs 7000 crore each for this campaign. He said, by social awareness and education, improving emergency services, pressing for medical insurance, providing more hospitals, etc the country is inching closer to achieving its Road safety targets. He referred to the MV Act of 2019, which is a comprehensive legislation on all aspects of Transport sector in India.
The Minister said, the govt is concentrating on village, agricultural and tribal sectors for providing employment opportunities there. He emphasized that it is the MSME sector which will drive the Indian economy in the coming years. He informed that investment in infra and insurance sectors has been opened up, as there are huge opportunities in insurance, pension and share economies. He said, MSME is also going to capital market soon.
Australian Dy PM also elaborated various initiatives of his country in the road sector especially in the area of road safety. He added that India and Australia have strong relations
which he said were never been so strong. He expressed confidence that the ties between two countries will grow further comprehensively in different fields including trade and commerce.
He stressed on the need for building infrastructure and added saying that this is one way of overcoming Covid-19 pandemic.
Ministry of Railways
3RD RAIL LINE PROJECT BETWEEN KHORDHA ROAD AND BARANG TO BE COMPLETED SOON
Work Expedited with Dismantling of Old ROB.
Top slab removed today
The 3rd Line Work between Khurda Road and Barang is going to be completed soon. The Road Over Bridge  between Mancheswar and Vani Vihar Railway Station has been expedited with dismantling of Old ROB.
To dismantle the Old ROB, another ROB has been constructed to handle vehicular traffic on National Highway between Bhubaneswar and Cuttack. Road Traffic has been diverted via new ROB after its completion. Railways have also planned to dismantle this work before 3 months. Keeping in view the World Cup Hockey, this work was delayed slightly.
Railways have earlier planned to complete the much-delayed project within a minimum time. Evacuation of slum, construction of new ROB and other challenges made this work delayed, earlier. On completion of third line work, the train operations in busy Barang-Khurda Road Railway Section will get benefit.
General Manager, East Coast Railway Shri Manoj Sharma congratulated the entire team for this success.
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Prime Minister's Office
PM greets on Maha Bishuba Pana Sankranti and Odia New Year
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has greeted on the joyous occasion of Maha Bishuba Pana Sankranti and Odia New Year.
The Prime Minister tweeted :
"Happy Maha Bishuba Pana Sankranti and Odia New Year. Have a healthy and happy year ahead."
Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
“Light House Projects challenge” launched - to bring about Paradigm shift in housing construction Technology Sector
States to Receive Central Assistance for these Projects
The Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs has instituted a challenge for States/ UTs to select six sites across the country for constructing the Lighthouse projects under GHTC-India. MoHUA encourages all States/ UTs to participate in this challenge proactively. The winning six States/ UTs that score the highest marks across the prescribed criteria will be awarded lighthouse projects. The States/ UTs will receive Central Assistance to construct these projects as per PMAY  guidelines. In addition to this, a Technology Innovation Grant  for the States/ UTs is provisioned to offset the impact of any additional cost implication due to the use of new technology and to absorb the issues related to economies of scale and other related factors. The selected sites for lighthouse projects will be used as an ‘open laboratory’ for live demonstration and will receive due attention from academia , practitioners , policy makers  and media apart from felicitation/ recognition in Grand Expo-cum-Conference.
The Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs has already launched a “Global Housing Technology Challenge-India ”. The challenge has three components viz. i) Conduct of Grand Expo-cum-Conference, ii) Identifying Proven Demonstrable Technologies from across the globe and iii) Promoting Potential Technologies through the establishment of Affordable Sustainable Housing Accelerators- India  for incubation and accelerator support. Out of the three, the second component intends to identify and pilot ‘Proven Demonstrable Technologies’ from around the world in actual housing projects in different parts of the country. The shortlisted global technology providers will be invited to plan and construct light house projects within the framework of PMAY  on pre-selected sites provided by States/UTs across six identified PMAY.
The last date for participation by the States/UTs is 20th February’19. The States / UTs may send their applications in the prescribed format at the earliest and latest by 20th February 2019.The Selected States/ UTs will enter into a Memorandum of Agreement  with MoHUA to execute these Light house projects in their States/ UTs under GHTC-India.
The States / UTs have also been apprised about this challenge through Video Conferencing Chaired by JS & MD, Housing for All, Shri Amrit Abhijat. He mentioned that the Ministry will also be doing the Technology Meets during the Construction year. This will encourage the potential beneficiary to visit the sites to see the ongoing work for adaptation. The States/UTs have given an enthusiastic response and are participating in this unique Challenge with zeal.
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